Bottle-case.



PATENTED JULY 23, 1907. 12.1. SOBER.

v BOTTLE OASB. APPLIUATION FILED DEG.15, 1906.

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FREDERICK .T. SOBER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed December s. 1906. Serial No.'347,982.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. Sonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a metallic case or box particularly adapted for the use of physicians, to hold bottles,

syringes, etc., ready for use as occasion demands.

A further object of the invention is to provide means in connection with the box for heating a dose of medicineor a small quantity of liquid, for hasty use.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the box, closed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the box open. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing the means for heating medicine or other liquid.

The casing of the box is made of two symmetrical halves 6 and 7'which are hinged together as at 8 atone side. The sections are divided diagonally, or on the slant, as indicated at 9, so that the walls at the opposite ends of the respective sections are low or shallow. This permits the bottles or articles in the box to be readily grasped and removed, and avoids the difficulty incident to grasping one of a row oi bottles or vials in a deep box.

The upper or cover section ofthe box is provided with a series of clips 10, made of spring metal, and adapted to hold the vials 11. The bottom or lower section of the box has clips 12, suitably arranged to economize space and to hold a bottle 13, hypodermic syringe 14, and syringe needles l5.

Obviously the clips may be modified or arranged to hold any articles, which it may be desired to carry in the box.

In one corner of the lower section 7 is a compartment formed by a side wall 16 and a lid 17, which latter is hinged as at 18 to open upwardly, and when opened, to swing out beyond the end wall of the box, resting on the edge thereof, as indicated in Fig. 3. The lid has a cup or depression formed therein, as indicated at 19, of sufiicient size to hold a small quantity of medicine or water for immediate or hasty heating, said cup being opened or presented upwardly when'the lid is swung out. The lid is held closed by a catch 20 at the end. The compartment referred to is designed to contain a bottle or vial which may be packed in cotton therein, so as to insure the same against breakage.

In the use of the device, for the'purpose of heating a quantity of medicine or the like, the lid 17 is opened and the medicine placed in the cup therein. Then a flame, such as from a gas burner, of even a match, may be held under the cup and the medicine or water heated for immediate use.

I claim:

1. A box having therein a partition wall forming a compartment incloscd within the'box, and a lid .on said compartment hinged to the wall thereof and adapted to swing open and beyond the side of the box, the lid ll'aving'a depression therein forming a cup.

2. A box comprising sections hinged together and having clips therein, and a partition wall therein forming a compartment in one of the sections, and having a lid hinged to s'aid wail, said lid having a depression therein and being arranged to swing open and rest upon the edge of the box section and project outwardly beyond the same.

in testimony whereof I uifix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK J'. SOBER.

Witnesses:

.Isssin A, Gonnon, (Joan E. HKMPEL. 

